BETAKE

betake. Betake, v.i. betook, pret. betaken, pa. to have recourse, apply, go

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Be‐take″ (�), v. t. [imp. Betook (�); p. p. Betaken (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking.] [[Pref. be- + take.]] 1. 1. To take or seize. Spenser.
2. 2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; — with a reflexive pronoun.
They betook themselves to treaty and submission. Burke. The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. Milton. Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? Milton. 3. 3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to.